Filmography: Kaoru Kobayashi

The Boy and the Heron (PG-13)Release Date: December 8, 2023
Cast: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon, Takuya Kimura
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki

The Great Passage (Fune wo amu) (NR)Release Date: December 13, 2013
Cast: Jo Odagiri, Kumiko Aso, Aoi Miyazaki, Ryuhei Matsuda, Chizuru Ikewaki
Director: Yuya Ishii
Writer: Shiwon Miura, Kensaku Watanabe

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (NR)Release Date: May 18, 2012
Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi, Kippei Shiina, Teruyuki Kagawa, Keiko Toda, Tomoka Kurotani
Director: Yoichi Sai
Writer: Ryohei Akimoto, Kengo Ishiguro

Hong Kong Paradise (NR)Release Date: January 1, 1990
Cast: Yuki Saitô, Kaoru Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Ohsawa, Kai Atô, Keiko Awaji
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko
Writer: Shûsuke Kaneko

Abraxas (Aburakurasu no matsuri) (NR)Cast: Suneohair, Rie Tomosaka, Manami Honjou, Ryouta Murai, Kaoru Kobayashi
Director: Naoki Kato
Writer: Dai Sako and Naoki Kato

And Then (Sorekara) ()Cast: Yûsaku Matsuda, Miwako Fujitani, Kaoru Kobayashi, Chishû Ryû, Morio Kazama
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita
Writer: Tomomi Tsutsui

The Black House (Kuroi ie) ()Cast: Seiyô Uchino, Shinobu Ôtake, Masahiko Nishimura, Misato Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita

Chibusa ()Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi, Naoto Takenaka, Mai Oikawa
Director: Kichitaro Negishi

A Crowd of Three (Kenta to Jun to Kayo-chan no Kuni) (NR)Cast: Shota Matsuda, Kengo Kôra, Sakura Andô, Hirofumi Arai, Tasuku Emoto
Director: Tatsushi Ômori
Writer: Tatsushi Ômori

Double Trouble (Kanki no uta) (NR)Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi, Atsushi Itô, Saori Yuki, Miyoko Asada, Narumi Yasuda
Director: Joji Matsuoka
Writer: Joji Matsuoka, Katsuhiko Manabe

The End of Summer (Natsu no owari) (NR)Cast: Hikari Mitsushima, Kaoru Kobayashi, Ayano Tsuyoshi
Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Writer: Takashi Ujita, Jakuchô Setouchi

For Business (Sorobanzuku) ()Cast: Takaaki Ishibashi, Noritake Kinashi, Narumi Yasuda, Kaoru Kobayashi, Yûko Natori
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita
Writer: Yoshimitsu Morita

Fuyu Soubi ()Cast: Renji Ishibashi, Ryôta Bandô, Masatô Ibu, Kentaro Ito, Kaoru Kobayashi
Director: Junji Sakamoto
Writer: Junji Sakamoto

Independence of Japan (Nippon Dokuritsu) ()Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Rie Miyazawa, Kaoru Kobayashi, Akira Emoto, Dai Watanabe
Director: Shun'ya Itô
Writer: Shun'ya Itô

The Island of Cats (Neko to Jiichan) ()Cast: Guin Poon Chaw, Tasuku Emoto, Shôno Hayama, Kaoru Kobayashi, Toshie Kobayashi
Director: Mitsuaki Iwagô
Writer: Fumi Tsubota

Jûhassai, umi e (NR)Cast: Toshiyuki Nagashima, Aiko Morishita, Kaoru Kobayashi, Yoshie Shimamura, Mizuho Suzuki
Director: Toshiya Fujita
Writer: Tsutomu Tamura

Kamui (Kamui gaiden) (NR)Cast: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Koyuki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Koichi Sato, Hideaki Ito
Director: Yoichi Sai
Writer: Sampei Shirato, Kankurô Kudô

Kaze no uta o kike (NR)Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi, Kimie Shingyoji, Akira Sakata
Director: Kazuki Omori

Kaze no uta o kike ()Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi, Kimie Shingyoji, Masato Furuoya
Director: Kazuki Omori

Kiseki: Ano hi no Sobito (NR)Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi, Shioli Kutsuna, Masaki Suda, Ryô Narita, Yûna Taira
Director: Atsushi Kaneshige
Writer: Hiroshi Saitô

Kubi ()Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Ryo Kase, Kaoru Kobayashi, Tadanobu Asano
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Writer: Takeshi Kitano, Takehiko Minato

Lear on the Shore (Umibe no Lear) (NR)Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Hiroshi Abe, Kaoru Kobayashi, Mieko Harada, Haru Kuroki
Director: Masahiro Kobayashi
Writer: Masahiro Kobayashi

Leaving on the 15th Spring (Tabidachi no shima uta - 15 ho haru) (NR)Cast: Rena Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Shinobu Ohtake, Ayaka Miyoshi
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshida
Writer: Yasuhiro Yoshida

Like Asura (Ashura no gotoku) (NR)Cast: Shinobu Ôtake, Hitomi Kuroki, Eri Fukatsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita
Writer: Kuniko Mukoda, Tomomi Tsutsui

Mayonaka no shotaijo (NR)Cast: Asami Kobayashi, Kaoru Kobayashi, Tsunehiko Watase, Makoto Fujita, Junko Miyashita
Director: Yoshitaro Nomura
Writer: Shusaku Endo, Tatsuo Nogami

Midnight Diner (Meshiya Movie) (Shinya Shokudo) (NR)Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi, Mansaku Fuwa
Director: Joji Matsuoka

Midnight Diner 2 (Zoku Shinya shokudô) (NR)Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi, Kimiko Yo, Joe Odagiri, Kôichi Satô, Hisashi Igawa
Director: Joji Matsuoka

Mukoku (NR)Cast: Atsuko Maeda, Jun Fubuki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Akira Emoto, Gô Ayano
Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Writer: Ryô Takada

Paradise View (Paradaisu byû) (NR)Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi, Jun Togawa, Tomi Taira, Shinzoku Ogimi, Yoko Taniyama
Director: Takamine Go
Writer: Takamine Go

Promised Land ()Cast: Rairu Sugita, Kanichiro, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Kaoru Kobayashi
Director: Masashi Iijima
Writer: Masashi Iijima

Secret (Himitsu) (NR)Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi, Ryoko Hirosue
Director: Yôjirô Takita
Writer: Hiroshi Saito, Keigo Higashino

Sekando rabu (NR)Cast: Reiko Ôhara, Kenzô Kawarasaki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Tokuma Nishioka, Hatsunori Hasegawa
Director: Yôichi Higashi
Writer: Akiko Tanaka, Yôichi Higashi

Sentakuki wa ore ni makasero ()Cast: Michitaka Tsutsui, Kaoru Kobayashi, Yasuko Tomita
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara

Shimanto River (Shimanto-gawa) (NR)Cast: Kanako Higuchi, Renji Ishibashi, Kaoru Kobayashi, Sachiko Kojima, Koen Okumura
Director: Hideo Onchi
Writer: Kyuuzo Sasayama, Motomu Furuta

Sketches of Kaitan City (Kaitanshi jokei) (NR)Cast: Mitsuki Tanimura, Pistol Takehara, Ryo Kase, Kaho Minami, Masaki Miura
Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Writer: Yasushi Satô, Takashi Ujita

Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (NR)Cast: Jô Odagiri, Kirin Kiki, Yayako Uchida, Takako Matsu, Kaoru Kobayashi
Director: Joji Matsuoka
Writer: Lily Franky, Suzuki Matsuo

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl (Bakanuri no Musume) ()Cast: Mayu Hotta, Kaoru Kobayashi, Yoneko Matsukane
Director: Keiko Tsuruoka

Twilight of the Cockroaches (Gokiburi-tachi no tasogare) ()Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi, Setsuko Karasuma, Kanako Fujiwara, Ichirôta Miyakawa, Atsuko Asano
Director: Hiroaki Yoshida
Writer: Hiroaki Yoshida

Untama giru (NR)Cast: Chikako Aoyama, Kaoru Kobayashi, John Sayles, Tomi Taira, Jun Togawa
Director: Go Takamine
Writer: Go Takamine

Vacation (Kyuka) (NR)Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Nene Otsuka, Ren Ôsugi, Keiichi Asada
Director: Hajime Kadoi
Writer: Akira Yoshimura, Dai Sakô

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (Hanatabamitai na koi o shita) ()Cast: Masaki Suda, Kasumi Arimura, Kaya Kiyohara, Kanata Hosada, Ryo Iwamatsu
Director: Nobuhiro Doi
Writer: Yuji Sakamoto

Yes, I Can't Swim ()Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi, Haruka Ayase, Hiroki Hasegawa, Kumiko Aso, Junko Abe
Director: Kensaku Watanabe

The Youth of Kamiya Etsuko (Kamiya Etsuko no seishun) (NR)Cast: Tomoyo Harada, Masatoshi Nagase, Shunsuke Matsuoka, Manami Honjou, Kaoru Kobayashi
Director: Kazuo Kuroki
Writer: Kazuo Kuroki, Masataka Matsuda